Sergio Garcia has officially submitted his membership application to return to the DP World Tour next season, with the aim of making the European Ryder Cup team at Bethpage Black in September.
£1 million Fine
Sergio Garcia has paid fines of approximately £1 million to the DP World Tour to make himself eligible for Luke Donald’s team and bring his vast experience to the European squad as they try to win on American soil for the first time in 13 years.
Donald revealed last month that he had talked to Garcia, his former Ryder Cup partner, who resigned from his home Tour last year after refusing to pay penalties he incurred for joining the Saudi-funded LIV.
Close Friend Luke Donald
“He thinks he can play,” Donald said. “He wants to play. I don’t think he has talked to me about being an assistant captain, but again, he would have to re-join the Tour for him to be eligible. He’s certainly very interested in doing that. He understands everything that’s involved, and again, the decision has to go to him whether he’s prepared to do all that. But certainly, we’ve had that discussion.”
Masters Provides Category Lifeline For Sergio Garcia
The 2017 Masters champion is now a member of the DP World Tour for the 2025 season under Category 1.
The DP World Tour’s Category 1 membership is reserved for winners of the Race to Dubai Rankings from 2017 to 2024 and the four majors from 2017 to 2025.
LIV Golf Members Follow Sergio Garcia Back to Europe
Sergio Garcia will be looking to play in his 11th European Ryder Cup team at Bethpage Black in New York from 26-28 September and remains Europe’s highest scorer with 28.5 points.
The DP World Tour has also confirmed that Garcia’s LIV Golf peers Jon Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton, Adrian Meronk, Dean Burmester, Joaquin Niemann, Thomas Pieters, Lucas Herbert, and Patrick Reed have also taken up membership on the DP World Tour for 2025
